• Craft and Criticism

    Short story writers

    Six Great Contemporary Writers Working in German

    By Literary Hub  February 24, 2016
    Conversations

    On the End of the World (and the End of Genre)

    By Literary Hub  February 23, 2016
    Criticism

    Harper Lee and the Myth of a Post-Racial America

    By Kate Jenkins  February 23, 2016
    Conversations

    Petina Gappah on Zimbabwe, Language, and “Afropolitans”

    By Julie Phillips  February 22, 2016
    Conversations

    Interview with a Gatekeeper: Copper Canyon’s Michael Wiegers

    By Kerri Arsenault  February 19, 2016
    Essay

    The Fine Grim Line Between Love and Stalking

    By Lisa Levy  February 17, 2016
    Criticism

    When Art Cannot Console Us in Death

    By Emily Harnett  February 17, 2016
    What to Read

    30 Books in 30 Days: Carmela Ciuraru on Colm Tóibín’s On Elizabeth Bishop

    By Carmela Ciuraru  February 17, 2016
    What to Read

    30 Books in 30 Days: David Biespiel on Frank Stanford: “Poetry Busts Guts”

    By David Biespiel  February 16, 2016
    Criticism

    30 Books in 30 Days: Mark Athitakis on Ottessa Moshfegh’s Eileen

    By Mark Athitakis  February 15, 2016
    Conversations

    Han Kang on Violence, Beauty, and the (Im)possibility of Innocence

    By Bethanne Patrick  February 12, 2016
    Essay

    Why Does Art Happen in Pairs?

    By Drew Nellins Smith  February 12, 2016
    Essay

    What Makes Something Funny?

    By Stuart Evers  February 12, 2016
    Criticism

    A. O. Scott Asks Himself: What is Criticism?

    By A. O. Scott  February 11, 2016
    Essay

    A Bikini, a Toothbrush, and 44 Issues of The New Yorker

    By Summer Brennan  February 11, 2016
    Advice

    How to Write What You Don’t Know

    By Amy Gustine  February 10, 2016
    Conversations

    Librarian Confidential: Polli Kenn

    By Literary Hub  February 10, 2016
    Conversations

    Idra Novey on Violence, Humor, and American Naiveté

    By Francisco Goldman  February 10, 2016
    Conversations

    Surviving San Francisco: Race, Money, and the Neoliberal Tech-Bro

    By Gideon Lewis-Kraus  February 9, 2016
    Excerpts

    The Vegetarian

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  February 9, 2016
    Conversations

    Elizabeth McKenzie on Vets, Bad Mothers, and Antidepressants

    By Bethanne Patrick  February 9, 2016
    Essay

    On Finding Yourself in the Work of Jhumpa Lahiri

    By Nandini Balial  February 9, 2016
    Essay

    We Are At Risk of Losing Serious Readers

    By David Denby  February 8, 2016
    What to Read

    Interview with a Bookstore: Writer’s Block Bookstore

    By Interview with a Bookstore  February 8, 2016
    Essay

    Kamila Shamsie On Intizar Hussain’s Novel, Basti

    By Kamila Shamsie  February 5, 2016
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